SO LONG MARIANNE
Leonard Cohen
[Verse 1]
Come over to the window, my little darling
I'd like to try to read your palm
I used to think I was some sort of gypsy boy
before I let you take me home
[Chorus]
Now so long, Marianne, It's time that we began
to laugh and cry and cry and laugh about it all again
[Verse 2]
Well you know that I love to live with you
but you make me forget so very much
I forget to pray for the angels
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and then the angels forget to pray for us
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
We met when we were almost young
deep in the green lilac park
You held on to me like I was a crucifix
as we went kneeling through the dark
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Your letters they all say that you're beside me now
then why do I feel so alone
I'm standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
is fastening my ankle to a stone
[Chorus]
[Verse 5]
For now I need your hidden love
I'm cold as a new razor blade
You left when I told you I was curious
I never said that I was brave
[Chorus]
[Verse 6]
Oh, you are really such a pretty one
I see you've gone and changed your name again
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside
to wash my eyelids in the rain
[Chorus]
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[I found this extra verse written out somewhere. Not on the original recording from the Best Of... Disc]
Oh, your eyes, well, I forget your eyes
your body's at home in every sea
How come you gave away your news to everyone
that you said was a secret to me